CPD02 Evidence Based Yoga Nidra Teacher Training (Online)

In yoga nidra, we restore our body, senses, and mind to their natural function and awaken a seventh sense that allows us to feel wholeness, tranquility, and well-being.

Richard Miller

Yoga Nidra is an evidence-based practice that has captivated the world of self-care and rest.  There is a prevalence within our society that places demand before rest; as such, there is a sustainable need for teachers to engage in practices that instill an understanding that begets rest within their clientele.  Recent research has shown that the brain experiences the same activity during a 30-minute Yoga Nidra practice as about 4 hours of sleep: Yoga Nidra is an effective technique for physical and mental relaxation.

There is a literal meaning behind Yoga Nidra as yogic sleep: this practice cultivates a dynamic conscious state that takes place between wake and repose.  Proven beneficial to people suffering from depression, anxiety, insomnia, psychosomatic diseases, chronic pain, inflammation, chemical dependency, and a multiplicity of other ailments, with repeated practice, Yoga Nidra can establish joy based on resilience recuperation and a sense of well-being in daily life.

This Yoga Nidra & Neuroscience Specialty Intensive will enable you to enrich your understanding and knowledge based on how to teach students to consciously explore the waking state, the dreaming state, the sleeping state, and how to experience all three collectively.  This adept appreciation for the Nidra state will be cultivated by understanding brain wave patterning and common states of the mind and brain from a neurobiological perspective.  Moreover, the knowledge base will allow an understanding of how this specific yoga technique has further traditional bases in preparing the mind for higher yogic disciplines.